[tastroder]

> The algo should obviously be public

Given that, at least in the US, people had to regularly sue corporations that defend the secrecy of their fancy algorithms^W^W Excel sheets as trade secrets... that's not as obvious as you might think.

[eloff]

Which is completely unrelated to public entities.

[tastroder]

Why would that be? Health care providers, bail risk assessment software for courts, ... it's not like some public entity like the IRS would be likely to develop much in-house.

[eloff]

Just like the IRS must publish all their rules on taxes, likewise that would be necessary for their algorithm.